11th International Society for Intellectual History Conference University of Bucharest Romania 26-28 May 2011 Passionate Minds Knowledge and the Emotions in Intellectual History The centrality of the emotions in all areas of human thought, action and expression has lately begun to be recognized and investigated with increasing interest within a variety of disciplines, from...
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Compte-rendu de l’atelier : « Emotional Styles – Communities and Spaces » (Berlin, Max Planck Institute, 22-24 juillet 2010)
Emotional Styles – Communities and Spaces The workshop was organised by Prof. Dr. Ute Frevert and Dr. Benno Gammerl, and took place at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for the History of Emotions, in Berlin from 22 to 24 July 2010. Report by Benno Gammerl How do we describe and explain...
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Un post-doc en histoire des émotions (Université de Genève)
Source : Institut d’histoire de la médecine (Université de Genève) Description: The successful applicant will be responsible for a small interdisciplinary focus on the history of the emotional lexicon and on interdisciplinary study of the historical evolution of the theory on the physiology of emotion, in collaboration with the National Center of Competence in...
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« Passions in context » : une nouvelle revue en ligne consacrée à l’histoire des émotions
Une nouvelle revue en ligne consacrée à l’histoire des émotions vient de voir le jour : « Passions in context : International Journal for the History and Theory of Emotions ». Elle est éditée par Annalise Acorn (Université d’Alberta, Edmonton) et Rüdiger Zill (Einstein Forum, Potsdam). La revue annonce vouloir privilégier une approche interdisciplinaire, ouverte aux...
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Poetry and Melancholia, University of Stirling, 8-10 July 2011
CALL FOR PAPERS Poetry and Melancholia, University of Stirling, 8-10 July 2011 Source : Dr Kyriaki Hadjiafxendi Keynote speakers: Catherine Maxwell (Queen Mary, University of London), Don Paterson (Poet), and Susan J. Wolfson (Princeton University). Other speakers include John Drakakis (Stirling University), Lorna Hutson (University of St Andrews), Ron Levao (Rutgers University), Cornelia D....
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Project: Embodied Emotions
Embodied Emotions Award Holder Alistair Campbell Higher Education Institute Department of Drama & Centre for the History of the Emotions Queen Mary, University of London Source : Beyond Text The Embodied Emotions project is led by Ali Campbell (QMUL, Drama) in collaboration with Thomas Dixon (Director of the QMUL Centre for the History of...
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Objects and Emotions – Loss and Appropriation of Jewish Property
Objects and Emotions – Loss and Appropriation of Jewish Property International Workshop organised by the Leo Baeck Institute London & the German Historical Institute London 26-27 July 2010 source: Leo Baeck Institute London Countless objects owned by Jews were illegally appropriated in Germany between 1933 and 1945: houses, businesses, paintings, furniture, tablecloths, bric-a-brac. Some...
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« L’invention du sentiment : roman et économie affective au XVIIIe siècle » (Philip Stewart)
Source de l’information : Voltaire Foundation L’Invention du sentiment roman et économie affective au XVIIIe siècle Volume: SVEC 2010:02 Series editor: Jonathan Mallinson Author: Philip Stewart Date of publication: February 2010 Pagination: viii + 250 pp., pb (broché) Price: £60.00 / €70 / $96 ISBN-13: 978-0-7294-0991-9 Description de l’éditeur: Comment s’est créé le concept psychologique et esthétique du ‘sentiment’ tel qu’on le connaît dans la littérature du dix-huitième siècle? Tracer...
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« Emotion and Health, 1200-1700″ : un compte rendu par A. Arcangeli
Emotion and Health, 1200-1700 (Queen Mary, University of London, 26 June 2010) Alessandro Arcangeli (Verona-Wolfson College, Cambridge) As its web site recites, the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London, the first research centre in the UK to be dedicated to this field, was launched in November 2008...
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